System and method for updating an attachment

• US 9,473,434 B2
• Filed: 11/15/2013
• Issued: 10/18/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Information and Imaging Solutions, Inc. (Canon Inc.), Canon USA, Inc. (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Information and Imaging Solutions, Inc. (Canon Inc.), Canon USA, Inc. (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Philip, Lessa, Hashimoto, Hiroshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Huq, Farzana
• Application Number:
  US14/081,660
• Publication Number:
  US 20150142870A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,068 Days
• Field of Search: 709203-206, 709220-223, 709/246
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/08 Annexed information, e.g. attachments

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided. Some embodiments include receiving, at a first server from a client, a request to access a data object associated with an application on a second server. The first server sends a request for the data object to the second server and the first server receives the data object from the second server. The first server receives a first file from the client and determines whether a second file is attached to the data object. In response to determining that the second file is attached to the data object, the first server obtains the second file and generates a third file by merging the first file and the second file, and an update process is performed such that the third file is attached to the data object and the second file is not attached to the data object.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, at a first server computing system from an image processing device, a request to access a data object associated with an application on a second server computing system;

sending, from the first server computing system to the second server computing system, a request for the data object;

receiving, at the first server computing system from the second server computing system, the data object;

receiving, at the first server computing system from the client computing system, a first file, the first file being an electronic document representing a physical document created by the image processing device;

determining whether the received data object includes a second file attach thereto, the second file being different from the first file;

in response to determining that the second file is attached to the data object, obtaining, at the first server computing system, the second file and merging the first file and the second file to generate a third file, the third file including data contained in each of the first and second files; and

performing an update process on the data object by attaching the third file to the data object such that the second file is not attached to the data object.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein

the first file is created by the image processing device scanning a physical document to create the electronic document representing the physical document.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the data object includes information associated with the second file, and

wherein the determining that the second file is attached to the data object comprises determining that the second file is attached to the data object based on the information associated with the second file.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the obtaining the second file comprises using the information associated with the second file to obtain the second file from a third server computing system.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending, from the first server computing system to the second server computing system, a request to prevent a second image processing device from accessing the data object for performing operations with respect to the data object.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the generating the third file comprises generating the third file by merging the first file and the second file according to a predetermined setting, the predetermined setting comprising a rule for merging files.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the performing the update process comprises sending, from the first server computing system to a third server computing system, the third file and a request to store the third file.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the data object includes information associated with the second file, the performing the update process further comprising:

receiving, at the first server computing system from the third server computing system, information associated with the third file; and

sending, from the first server computing system to the second server computing system, the information associated with the third file and a request to replace the information associated with the second file with the information associated with the third file such that the data object will include the information associated with the third file and will not include the information associated with the second file.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the performing the update process further comprises determining whether the information associated with the second file matches the information associated with the third file,

wherein the sending the request to replace the information associated with the second file with the information associated with the third file is performed in response to determining that the information associated with the second file does not match the information associated with the third file.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving, at a first server computing system from an image processing device, a request to access a data object associated with an application on a second server computing system;

sending, from the first server computing system to the second server computing system, a request for the data object;

receiving, at the first server computing system from the second server computing system, the data object;

receiving, at the first server computing system from the client computing system, a first file, the first file being an electronic document representing a physical document created by the image processing device;

determining whether the received data object includes a second file attach thereto, the second file being different from the first file;

in response to determining that the second file is attached to the data object, obtaining, at the first server computing system, the second file and merging the first file and the second file to generate a third file, the third file including data contained in each of the first and second files; and

performing an update process on the data object by attaching the third file to the data object such that the second file is not attached to the data object.

11. A system comprising:

a central processing unit; and

a memory coupled to the central processing unit, the memory storing instructions that, when executed by the central processing unit, cause the central processing unit to perform operations comprising;

receiving, at a first server computing system from an image processing device, a request to access a data object associated with an application on a second server computing system;

sending, from the first server computing system to the second server computing system, a request for the data object;

receiving, at the first server computing system from the second server computing system, the data object;

receiving, at the first server computing system from the client computing system, a first file, the first file being an electronic document representing a physical document created by the image processing device;

determining whether the received data object includes a second file attach thereto, the second file being different from the first file;

in response to determining that the second file is attached to the data object, obtaining, at the first server computing system, the second file and merging the first file and the second file to generate a third file, the third file including data contained in each of the first and second files; and

performing an update process on the data object by attaching the third file to the data object such that the second file is not attached to the data object.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein

the first file is created by the image processing device scanning, a physical document to create the electronic document representing the physical document.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the data object includes information associated with the second file, and

wherein the determining that the second file is attached to the data object comprises determining that the second file is attached to the data object based on the information associated with the second file.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the obtaining the second file comprises using the information associated with the second file to obtain the second file from a third server computing system.

15. The system of claim 11, the operations further comprising:

sending, from the first server computing system to the second server computing system, a request to prevent a second image processing device from accessing the data object for performing operations with respect to the data object.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the generating the third file comprises generating the third file by merging the first file and the second file according to a predetermined setting, the predetermined setting comprising a rule for merging files.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the performing the update process comprises sending, from the first server computing system to a third server computing system, the third file and a request to store the third file.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the data object includes information associated with the second file, the performing the update process further comprising:

receiving, at the first server computing system from the third server computing system, information associated with the third file; and

sending, from the first server computing system to the second server computing system, the information associated with the third file and a request to replace the information associated with the second file with the information associated with the third file such that the data object will include the information associated with the third file and will not include the information associated with the second file.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the performing the update process further comprises determining whether the information associated with the second file matches the information associated with the third file,

wherein the sending the request to replace the information associated with the second file with the information associated with the third file is performed in response to determining that the information associated with the second file does not match the information associated with the third file.